I endorse the statement reshma bharadwaj, social work department, sree sankaracharya university of sanskrit.
________________________________ From: Girija <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Thu, 17 December, 2009 2:53:35 PM Subject: Re: [GreenYouth] Justice for Soofia Madani I endorse. Girija.K.P. Research Scholar, CSCS. Banglore On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 2:29 PM, jenny rowena <[email protected]> wrote: Ramlath Kavil, Mumbai > > > >On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 2:28 PM, jenny rowena <[email protected]> wrote: > >P. Thirumal, Associate Professor, Dept. of Communication, University of >Hyderabad >> >> >> >>On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 2:19 PM, sunil kumar <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>Dear all, >>>We should raise our voice against another human rights violation. >>> >>>K Sunil kumar, >>>Convenor, Nava Janadhipatya Prasthanam ( New Democratic Movement ), Kerala >>>mob: 9847072664. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>2009/12/17 Mahtab Alam <[email protected]> >>> >>>I endorse. >>>>Mahtab Alam, Civil Rights Activist >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>2009/12/17 jenny rowena <[email protected]> >>>> >>>> >>>>Friends >>>>> >>>>>Here is the same statement with the names of more people >>>>>who have endorsed it. Please send in your endorsements by 3 pm >>>>>as we are planning to go to the media with this >>>>> >>>>>Thank you >>>>>Jenny >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>We, a group of concerned citizens from different walks of life, have come >>>>>to know that the Kerala police has chargesheeted Soofiya Madani for her >>>>>alleged involvement in the 2005 Kalamassery bus burning case. We do not >>>>>want to take a position for or against Soofiya Madanai and we believe that >>>>>the rule of the law and the constitution of India should prevail. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>However, during the past few years we have seen a number of activists, >>>>>students, scholars and other citizens from the Muslim community being >>>>>imprisoned and persecuted in the name of combating terrorism. After long >>>>>years in prison, many of them have been acquitted, free of all charges, by >>>>>the higher courts. In the meantime most of them have been subjected to all >>>>>kinds of violations of their fundamental rights. The media has also played >>>>>a huge role in subverting the judicial process by sensationalizing these >>>>>cases and publishing baseless stories without any proper investigation. >>>>> >>>>>Soofiya Madani started appearing in news media in the context of the 10 >>>>>year long imprisonment of her husband Abdul Nasser Madani without a trial. >>>>>During this period, Soofiya was active in the affairs of the political >>>>>outfit Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) that her husband had founded. Abdul >>>>>Nassar Madani was finally acquitted after this long incarceration without >>>>>even as much as a whimper of apology, forget compensation. Following his >>>>>acquittal, both Abdul Nasser and Soofiya Madani have been active in the >>>>>electoral politics of Kerala, contesting the last Parliamentary elections >>>>>along with the ruling Left Democratic Front. One of the cases against >>>>>Soofiya Madani is that she was allegedly involved in conspiring the >>>>>burning of a Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation bus at Kalamassery, >>>>>Kochi in September 2005 - and an anticipatory bail plea on this case is >>>>>pending before the Kerala High Court today. >>>>> >>>>>However the media in Kerala has been extra-judicially trying Soofiya >>>>>Madani -- often using highly questionable anti-Muslim representations -- >>>>>equating a case of arson where her involvement has not been legally >>>>>established yet -- to fundamentalist terrorism. This media campaign also >>>>>needs to be seen in the context of a prevalent anti-Muslim rhetoric in the >>>>>Malayalam language media in general. >>>>> >>>>>In that context we fear that her basic constitutional rights might be >>>>>violated in the coming days. We want to raise our collective voices >>>>>against such an event and we strongly call on all concerned authorities to >>>>>prevent any such violation from happening without prejudice to the Rule of >>>>>Law and any investigations that should be carried out against her. >>>>> >>>>>Sd/- >>>>> >>>>>1. John Dayal, Member National Integration Council >>>>>2. K. Satchidanandan, Poet >>>>>3. M Rasheed, Freedom fighter & Journalist >>>>>4. Ajit Sahi, Journalist >>>>>5. A. K. Ramakrishnan, Professor, JNU (to be confirmed) >>>>>6. Sreerekha, Asst. Professor, Jamia Milia Islamia >>>>>7. Sreejitha P.V, , Kamala Nehru College, Delhi University >>>>>7. Jenny Rowena, Asst. Professor, Miranda House, DU >>>>>8. Hany Babu, Associate Professor, Dept. of English, Delhi University >>>>>9 Joe Athially, Delhi Solidarity Group >>>>>10, Shahina K K, Development Professional, Delhi >>>>>11. Rajeev Ramachandran, Journalist, Delhi >>>>>12. Maymon Madathingal, Software Engineer, Delhi >>>>>13. Sudeep K. S, Software Engineer, Delhi >>>>>14, Kamayani Bali Mahabal, Human Rights Activist, Mumbai >>>>>15. Anil Tharayath Varghese, Development Professional, Delhi >>>>>16. Bobby Kunhu, Human Rights Activist >>>>>17.K K Kochu,Dalit Scholar >>>>>18.G .P Ramachandran,Film Critic >>>>>19.K K Baburaj, Dalit Activist >>>>>20.M B Manoj,poet >>>>>21.Rekha raj, Development Profeesional, Cochin >>>>>22.Sunny m Kapikadu, Dalit Activist >>>>>23.J Raghu,Writer and scholar >>>>>24. Shynaj P. S, Research Scholar, Central University of Hyderabad >>>> 25. Mahtab Alam, Civil Rights Activist >>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 12:59 PM, shinaj ps <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>in solidarity >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>2009/12/17 Mahtab Alam <[email protected]> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>Dear All, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>>Find below the statement for endorsement and a rough translation of the >>>>>>>madhyamam editorial on the issue. >>>>>>>Kindly endorse,forward and recomend it for endorsement. >>>>>>> >>>>>>>regards, >>>>>>>hany. >>>>>>> >>>>>>>We, a group of concerned citizens from different walks of life,have come >>>>>>>to know that the Kerala police has charge sheeted Soofiya Madani for her >>>>>>>alleged involvement in the 2005 Kalamassery bus burning case. We do not >>>>>>>want to take a position for or against Soofiya Madanai and we believe >>>>>>>that the rule of the law and the constitution of India should prevail. >>>>>>> >>>>>>>However, during the past few years we have seen a number of activists, >>>>>>>students, scholars and other citizens from the Muslim community being >>>>>>>imprisoned and persecuted in the name of combating terrorism. After long >>>>>>>years in prison, many of them have been acquitted, free of all charges, >>>>>>>by the higher courts. In the meantime most of them have been subjected >>>>>>>to all kinds of violations of their fundamental rights. The media has >>>>>>>also played a huge role in subverting the judicial process by >>>>>>>sensationalizing these cases and publishing baseless stories without any >>>>>>>proper investigation. >>>>>>> >>>>>>>Given how the media in Kerala has been extra-judicially trying Soofiya >>>>>>>Madani - often using highly questionable anti-muslim represenstaions - >>>>>>>we fear that her basic constitutional rights might be violated in the >>>>>>>coming days. We want to raise our collective voices against such an >>>>>>>event and we strongly call on all concerned authorities to prevent any >>>>>>>such violation from happening. >>>>>>>In Solidarity, >>>>>>>Hany Babu,Associate Professor, University of Delhi, Delhi >>>>>>>Mahtab Alam, Association for the Protection of Civil Rights (APCR)John >>>>>>>Dayal, Member, National Intregation Council, GoI >>>>>>>Ajit Sahi, Editor at Large, Tehelka >>>>>>>Prof. A K Ramakrishnan, JNU >>>>>>>Jenny Rowuena, Assistant Professor, Delhi University >>>>>>>Sri Jitha, Assistant Professor, Delhi university >>>>>>>Sree Rekha, Jamia Millia Islamia, Delhi >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>>-- >>>>>>>MD. MAHTAB ALAM >>>>>>>[email protected] >>>>>>>Phone:+ 91-9811209345 >>>>>>>--You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>>>Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. >>>>>>>To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. >>>>>>>To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>>>>>[email protected]. >>>>>>>For more options, visit this group at >>>>>>>http://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth?hl=en-GB. >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>-- >>>>>>Shinaj.P.S >>>>>>Hyderabad-46 >>>>>>Mob:9440477143 >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>--You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>>Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. >>>>>>To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. >>>>>>To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>>>>[email protected]. >>>>>>For more options, visit this group at >>>>>>http://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth?hl=en-GB. >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>>--You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. >>>>>To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. >>>>>To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>>>[email protected]. >>>>>For more options, visit this group at >>>>>http://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth?hl=en-GB. >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>-- >>>>MD. MAHTAB ALAM >>>>[email protected] >>>>Phone:+ 91-9811209345 >>>> >>>>--You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>>"Green Youth Movement" group. >>>>To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. >>>>To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>>[email protected]. >>>>For more options, visit this group at >>>>http://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth?hl=en-GB. >>>> >>> >>>--You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>"Green Youth Movement" group. >>>To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. >>>To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>[email protected]. >>>For more options, visit this group at >>>http://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth?hl=en-GB. >>> >> > >--You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >"Green Youth Movement" group. >To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. >To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >[email protected]. >For more options, visit this group at >http://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth?hl=en-GB. > -- Girija --You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. 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